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• Re: Recent David Lynch movies - Thom P 00:48:03 08/27/01 (1)
  In Reply to: Guess what Movie this is... posted by Bolt_Snypr on August 25, 2001 at 14:44:54:

  Did you check out The Straight Story? Not exactly what you'd expect from Lynch, but one of his best IMO.
  His most recent work is Mulholland Drive that won the Cannes 2001 Best Director Prize. Haven't seen it yet.

  Best,

  Thom
  
  

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  • Mulholland Drive (a little background) - Allan Songer 06:36:52 09/06/01 (0)
    In Reply to: Re: Recent David Lynch movies posted by Thom P on August 27, 2001 at 00:48:03:

    Here's my David Lynch story:

    I am in the "prop" business here in Hollywood and did quite a bit of business with this production. It was originally financed by Disney and ABC as a PILOT for a television series. It was one of the most expensive pilots ever produced--it cost something like 8 or 9 million dollars and was supposed to run in a two-hour time slot as a kick-off to the series.

    Well, Disney and ABC got way more (and less) than they bargained for!
    The final cut ran well over two hours and was so bizarre than Disney had no idea what to do with it ( for instance, one of the characters is played by a "little person" in a fake 6'3" body--just his little head sits on top of this hulking frame).

    And the production went way over budget and took a few weeks longer to shoot than it was supposed to. I had rented a 1930's "moderne" suite of bedroom furniture to the production and it was due back on a Monday morning because I had the same suite booked for another production to be picked up on a Tuesday morning. I got a call from the Set Decorator on the Lynch project saying they wouldn't be finished in time to return on Monday. I freaked out and told her that I would be at the soundstage with my truck waiting for the scene to finish filming so that I could get my stuff back.

    I arrived at Paramount Studios at about 8 PM and watched for 7 hours as Lynch tried to get this little scene filmed. He is a VERY strange man. He sits hunched over a 13" monitor chain-smoking. He whispers his directions to an assistant who then tells everyone what to do.
    He never moves from the monitor or stops smoking for HOURS on end.

    I'm there with my wife who agreed to accompany me and they are having trouble with a scene where a woman is walking down some stairs and down a hallway. Lynch doesn't like the look or the sound of the shoes and then notices my wife sitting in a chair and tells her--"those look like loud shoes--do you mind?" Within a minute or two, they're filming my wife's feet clomping down the stairs and hallway.
    VERY STRANGE!

    At 4 AM the scene was finished and I loaded the bedroom suite and headed for my prop house. I don't know if my wife's feet made it into the final version of the film, but I know I'll be paying my $8 to find out. It seems that the final product delivered by Lynch was so freaking STRANGE that they sat on it for 2 or 3 years and then finally decided to release it as a feature film.
    
    

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• Mr. Deeds Goes to Washington (nt) - geoffkait 07:56:06 08/26/01 (0)
  In Reply to: Guess what Movie this is... posted by Bolt_Snypr on August 25, 2001 at 14:44:54:

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• Blue Velvet /nt - Rich Jura 14:59:01 08/25/01 (11)
  In Reply to: Guess what Movie this is... posted by Bolt_Snypr on August 25, 2001 at 14:44:54:

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  • Re: Blue Velvet/David Lynch - Bolt_Snypr 15:17:47 08/25/01 (10)
    In Reply to: Blue Velvet /nt posted by Rich Jura on August 25, 2001 at 14:59:01:

    Thanks!
    Just wondering...
    Is David Lynch going to make a movie soon? It's been along time.
    
    

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    • Re: Blue Velvet/David Lynch - Victor Khomenko 17:02:54 08/26/01 (9)
      In Reply to: Re: Blue Velvet/David Lynch posted by Bolt_Snypr on August 25, 2001 at 15:17:47:

      ***Is David Lynch going to make a movie soon? It's been along time.

      And that is good.

      
      
      
      

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      • catch Lost Highway if you like DL movies (nt) - geoffkait 04:51:35 08/27/01 (2)
        In Reply to: Re: Blue Velvet/David Lynch posted by Victor Khomenko on August 26, 2001 at 17:02:54:

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        • Re: catch Lost Highway if you like DL movies (nt) - damonx 04:44:57 10/02/01 (0)
          In Reply to: catch Lost Highway if you like DL movies (nt) posted by geoffkait on August 27, 2001 at 04:51:35:

          I dont know why The Elephant Man doesnt get a mention - in my opinion, it's the best David Lynch film of all!! Simply brilliant
          
          

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        • Wild at Heart is decent, too (nt) - brewthunda 12:40:36 08/28/01 (0)
          In Reply to: catch Lost Highway if you like DL movies (nt) posted by geoffkait on August 27, 2001 at 04:51:35:

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      • Remind me... - Victor Khomenko 17:35:19 08/26/01 (5)
        In Reply to: Re: Blue Velvet/David Lynch posted by Victor Khomenko on August 26, 2001 at 17:02:54:

        ...what his clip in the Lumiere was about - I can't recall.

        I would not mind seeing that film again... if they cut the director's stories. Konchalovsky's piece was perhaps the best... the most disturbing, but there were other nice ones, to be sure.

        So, what was Lynch's one?
        
        

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        • Try this link, Victor ... - Thom P 04:04:21 08/27/01 (3)
          In Reply to: Remind me... posted by Victor Khomenko on August 26, 2001 at 17:35:19:

          http://www.davidlynch.de
          The clip is available in Quicktime format under the "Arts" section. I couldn't make it work, but your luck may surpass mine.

          Best,

          Thom

          
          
          

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          • Didn't work for me either... - Victor Khomenko 06:16:09 08/27/01 (2)
            In Reply to: Try this link, Victor ... posted by Thom P on August 27, 2001 at 04:04:21:

            
            Do you remember what it was about?

            Anyone remembers?

            At any rate, I think I need to rent that one again, anyway.
            
            

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            • I guess surrealism constitutes some alien kind of logic ... - Thom P 07:48:12 08/27/01 (1)
              In Reply to: Didn't work for me either... posted by Victor Khomenko on August 27, 2001 at 06:16:09:

              ... hence the difficulty for our brains to remember even a short film like "Premonitions Following an Evil Deed".
              Well, the internet may be of some assistance - so here's another link:

              http://www.wayney.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/premonitions.htm

              No fancy AV stuff - just plain text this time ;)

              Best,

              Thom
              
              

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              • Re: I guess surrealism constitutes some alien kind of logic ... - Victor Khomenko 08:20:17 08/27/01 (0)
                In Reply to: I guess surrealism constitutes some alien kind of logic ... posted by Thom P on August 27, 2001 at 07:48:12:

                Yes, this worked, but I don't recall that segment or my impressions about it.

                
                
                

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